As we were saying just the other day to our friend, Mr. Lincoln, “Abe…”

Lots o’ Web sites will tell you what happened in history on the date you were born, or which famous folk you can share a slice of birthday cake with. But none that we’ve ever seen are as comprehensive as paulsadowski.com.

We put in our birthdate, Jan. 1 1857 (hey, it could be true), and found out gobs of stuff we didn’t know. For example, we didn’t know that there was such a thing as a “Birth Tree” (ours is the apple), or that we’ve lived a blinding 4.751 billion seconds!

Here’s the rest of our story:

1 January 1857

Your date of conception was on or about 10 April 1856 which was a Thursday.

You were born on a Thursday

under the astrological sign Capricorn.

Your Life path number is 5.

Life Path Compatibility:

You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.

You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.

You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2399315.5.

The golden number for 1857 is 15.

The epact number for 1857 is 4.

The year 1857 was not a leap year.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Goose; your plant is Bramble.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Famenoth, the third month of the season of Poret (Emergence – Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 5 Tevet 5617.

Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 6 Tevet 5617.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.12.1.13.11 which is